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Unit 7 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
More Practice: Tom and Becky in a cave
Tasks of the lesson
A brief revision
Read another story
Word study
Culture corner
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Revision
Main character: Tom Sawyer
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Story: Tom Sawyer paints the fence
Revision
Main character: Tom Sawyer
A clever, humorous and naughty boy who does a lot of mischief. He always makes his aunt Polly angry, but he also brings his friends a lot of fun.
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Story: Tom Sawyer paints the fence
Before reading
What is the boy holding Why is he holding it
How do they probably feel
What may happen to them
Look at the picture and the title of the story. Then answer the questions.
cave
A candle. He is holding it to light the cave.
They probably feel worried and scared.
They may meet something dangerous.
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a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground
What can they see in a cave
cave
rock
a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground
bat
candle
waterfall
a frozen waterfall
a stone waterfall
What else can they see in a cave
cave
candle
hold a candle
bat
waterfall
a stone waterfall
a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground
frozen
a frozen waterfall
rock
Can you name all these pictures
Word study(1):
Fill in the blanks
cave
mark
frozen
put out
When we ________ a fire, we make it stop burning.
A ________ is a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground.
When water is _________, it has turned into ice because the weather is very cold.
If you make a _______ on something, you write or draw a symbol, line, etc. in order to give information about it.
put out
cave
frozen
mark
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Let’s check.
30 seconds
Word study(2):
Fill in the blanks
5. A ________is an animal like a mouse with wings, that flies and feeds at night.
6. A ________ is the hard solid material that forms part of the surface of the earth
7. A ___________ is a place where a stream or river falls from a high place, for example over a rock.
8. We use a _______ to give light in the dark.
candle
bat
rock
waterfall
rock
candle
bat
waterfall
Let’s check.
30 seconds
Skim the story (read very quickly).
Get the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Tom and Becky walked into the cave and they used candle smoke to write their own names on the rock.
They went deeper and deeper into the cave.
They were attacked by some bats and finally got away from the bats.
3 minutes
Read and answer:
What did Tom and Becky see on the cave wall
2. How did Tom and Becky write their names on the rock
Read for details
They saw names and dates which were written on the walls by other people.
They used candle smoke to write their own names on the rock.
Read and answer:
3. What did Tom and Becky do in order to find their way back
Read for details
They made many candle smoke marks on the walls to show the way back.
The cave wall had probably been shaped by the running water over the past years.
Read and answer:
4. What did one of the bats do to Becky’s candle
5. What did Tom and Becky do to get away from the bats
Read for details
It put out Becky’s candle with its wings.
They ran into every new passage that they came to.
a long narrow area that connects one place with another
eg: a secret underground passage
make… stop burning
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Culture corner
Read the article and look at the picture on page 112. Then answer the questions.
Who is Huckleberry Finn
Who is another important character in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
What does the slave usually do in the story
A slave is a person owned by another person and is forced to work for that person.
A slave does not have freedom.
Do you want to know more about Mark Twain and his novels
Homework
Search for the information on the Internet about the famous American writer Mark Twain and share his stories with the class.
See the example below.
Hello, everyone! I’d like to tell you something about Mark Twain, a famous American writer. He is said to be a giant in American literature.
His life
His works
His quotations
…
Thank you!